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My parents began dating in the early 2000's and got married in 2005. Later in 2006, I was born.

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When my mother and father had me and then my little brother. My mother was working at Dartmouth college at the time and I don't remember where my father was working. My parents lived with my grandparents when they had me but moved to Newbury when they had my brother.

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In the mid 2010's my parents marriage began falling part. This affected my father and he became very angry and turned his anger on my mother, brother, and I.

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In the winter of 2014, my parents officially separated and then sometime after divorced. My mother got full custody of my brother and I

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In 2015, my mother, brother, and I moved in with my grandparents. We moved in with them to help my mother save money after the divorce and to look after my elderly grandparents.

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As my mother, brother, and I lived with my grandparents. My grandparents helped my mother raise my brother and I from 2015 to the present. Around the late 2010's, my mother tried to start dating again but none of the relationships took off.

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single mom introducing boyfriend to kids

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In 2020, the pandemic happened and left my mother, brother, and I working and doing school from home. It was a tough time because all five of us were squished into one house and my hard of hearing grandparents blasted pro-trump and deep state conspiracy videos at full volume.

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In 2023, my mother left her job that she had been at since I was a toddler. She got a new better job with better pay and benefits with amazing coworkers.

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In May of this year, my grandmother passed away on Easter Sunday. She passed in her sleep peacefully and it was a very traumatic time for me because I had woken up when my grandfather came running into the hall where our bedrooms are and said "Katie's dead."

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On Saturday, June 15th, I will be turning 18 and will officially be an adult. I'm figuring out where I'm going to go for college and what I'm going to do after highschool.